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of such chance toast give botb
the oil ana new addresses.
T)) man ut the starter's box seems to
bo encountering rarloua delays iu get
ting the auhiiHl off for the 1004 presi
dential hQudlciip.
The corn crop In yet to De made. 80
far, however, there Is do reason why
the concluding part of nature's fabri
cating process should not be eminently
successful.
One can but wonder what Nebraska
really did In those fifty years which
elapsed between the time Lewli and
Clark nrat landed and the arrival of the
office holder".
If the Russian revolutionists would
take the government Into their confi
dence upon the subject of effective ex
plosives there might bo a change In the
wur situation
Mrs. Mnybrkk la said to be suffering
from nervous prostration. She Is evi
dently finding life lees pleasant when
spent dodging lecture promoters than
when spent in prison.
The wheel of fortune at the Rosebnd
reservation lias ctnwet! to revolve ami
the men who drew prize." will go to
church today and sing "Praise God from
whom all blessings flow."
Lincoln merchants who protest agalmrt
the assessment of Omaha merchants
may be honest In their motives, but It Is
also possible they will lose nothing In
the way of freight rebates.
Peoretary Unot Is the latest recruit to
the 8oclety of Offlco Dodgers, and the
way In which he has turned down the
nomination for governor of New York
would be worthy of Uncle Joe Cannon.
for the first time since the beginning
of the wur Hussla has resorted to the
nse of a war bn Moon evidently doalrlng
to f,eo If It rnn't have better luck In the
sir th uu It tins bad on land and water.
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What a uid thing it would be If It
tuned out true that Do via anil Elklns
bnd paired and both refused to con
tribute to tho barrel. Tbert would be
a terrible drouth in West Virginia
among the boys.
With practically one-half of the Rose
bud claims drawn by residents of Tows
and Nebraska the people of those states
may be permitted to regret that th
Louisiana lottery Is not In business while
their, "lack Is on."
Tno Sbnhhai liar has either survived
r has left dexcendunts Just as able as
himself. The reports now have the old
familiar twang, "Heavy firing was
hfafd." eteets. These reports are said
to come by truthless telegraphy.
Carrie Nation should return borne Im
mediately. A Topeka Judge says there
Is no law In that state against playing
?:'!' bill on Burnley and things seem to
b going to the bad generally while the
female laforiuer Is being knocked ont In
Kentucky.
C- -i-1 aa
A correspondent says that all except
the officers were disgusted with the or-i1i-r
for Uiiitslaus to retire at Ta Tclie
Kino, but ho falls to take into account
the Japanna who desired the particular
tract'of ground t'pon Which the Russian
army happened to be standing.
I
Tho polltM) authorities of St. Peters
burg claim to be wry much puxiled .1
to the motive that animated the assassin
of ion Plehve. The cry of "Long live
Freedom" tittered by the assassin when
be threw the bomb would seem to be a
yielty cictif UdlutUum of the motive.
m nrsstA xr.Attisa a chtisi
The floHHrtslnatlon of the Russian min
ister of the interior, the most powerful
otfVlal of the empire, naturally directs
attention to the conditions In Riihsld.
Mr. Andrew I. White, who wns some
years iiko American minister flt St.
Peteraburs and 1ms lived twice offlii.-illy
."n Russia, said In referring to the nasns
siontlon that he had observed closely
the condition of the empire and that,
though be saw the most wretched con
dition of thlnps duriiiK the Crimen n war,
the aituiitloa fit present Is the most des
perntely bnd In Itufslnn history and It
has been brought on ,-by an exercNe of
despotism more unreasonable, cruel and
hort-si;rhfed than anything in recent
hnman history outside of the Turkish
empire." Tim testimony of all recent
observers of conditions in Russia are to
the same effect and In view of this It Is
most natural to conclude that the em
pire Is nenrlng the greatest crisis in Its
history a crisis which might result in
a radical rhnwre In the character of the
government and could hardly fail to
materially modify the policies and
methods which now operate ho oppres
alvely npon the rr,nsae of the people.
It Is perfectly plain that radicalism U
steadily growing In Uuarln and that In
spite of all the repressive measures of
the government, largely th? work In re
cent year of the inte minister of the
Interior, the revolutionary spirit Is ex
tending. The Tollsh people are nursing
their wrongs and enperly hoping for an
opportunity to avon them, while the
people of Finland are smarting from the
gross Injustice thy bae suffered. In
the universities are many students who
fire In sympathy with the revolutionary
spirit and as fnr as they can are assist
ing in tts development. There Is discon
tent and unrest In nearly every part of
the empire and this Is ifrowlng under the
exactions Imposed npon the people by
the necessities of the wnr. What seems
chiefly to be needed to fan this s)umler
lng Are Info a great conflagration la a
lender of such charocter and force as
would command the confidence of the
dissatisfied elements and bring about
their organization for resistance to the
oppressive measure of the government
Writing a few yours ago npon th re
pression of education In Russia, Prince
Kropatkln said: "As to the students.
every young man, as S002 as he entered i
the university, was placed on the Hat of j
suspects. Police spies and provoking
agents swarmed In the nnlversltles; laws
upon laws were lasued to prohibit all
sorts of meetings In the university
buildings or In private lodgings. Gradu
ally, the higher authorities of the min
istry of public education camo to the
view that every student must be looked
npoa as an enemy of society and be
treated as such." This Is the condition
today, as attested by the fact that within
a few months a considerable number of
suspected students were placed under
arrest and some of then deported, while
others were excluded from the nnlversl
tles. Emperor Nicholas, who has little
will of bis own and consequently is al
most completely under the control of bis
ministers, has done practically nothing
to remedy the conditions, of which ho
cannot be wholly unaware, though
doubtless not everything done by the
mtnlHters Is brought to bis knowledge.
RnsMnn military prestige has been
very greatly impaired by the war with
Japan and there is reason to expect that
it will suffer further. The tendency of
this Is to encourage that opposition at
home which is an Increasing danger to
the government and must be giving the
keenest concern and anxiety to tiie cxnr
and his advisers.
KRCESSAHT TO EASTERS Z7UDJB.
Those who advocate giving op Ameri
can control of the Philippines appear to
entirely lose sight of the Importance of
the Islands to our Oriental trade and es
pecially to the maintenance of the open
door. "Our foothold Jn the Philippines,"
said President Roosevelt, "greatly
strengthens our position In the competi
tion for the trade of the east." This
should be perfectly obvious to every
body. It Is unquestionable that since
the United States tnk possession of the
archipelago American Influence In that
quarter of the world has been greatly
enhanced- Before that this country hart
no such recognition as It has since re
ceived. .
It Is not unreasonable to assume that
had the United States not been In con
trol of the Philippines at the time of the
Boxer outbreak In China no serious at
tention would have been given by the
European powers to our declaration of
policy regarding the Chinese empire, but
they would have gone forward with
whatever plana they conld have agreed
Bpon. regard less of the views or wishes
of this country. The proximity of our
Insular possessions to China compelled
a recognition of our interests there and
it Is not to be doubted that this had a
very great deal to do with preserving the
Integrity of Chinese territory. It Is also
most probabH that American Insistence
upon the open door principle wss very
greatly strengthened by our having a
territorial foothold In th far east
Without such foothold perhaps we
should have been unable to mHke our
last commercial treaty with China, lo
which ausslu made earnest opposition,
for the reason that It open ports to the
commerce of the world which Russia ex
pected to control In the Interest of her
own trade.
These highly Important considerations
the so-called nntl-lmperlahsts Ignore or
regard as of uo consequence, but all
Americans who are able to take n prac
tice) view of the mutter understand
their value and realise that onr control
of the Philippines Is a most Important
factor In the competition for the trade-l
of the east. To give up the Islands now
would be not only to sacrifice this ad
vantage, but ft the same time we should
lose that wholesome Influence In the
Orient the beneficial efficts of Which are
familiar l.lntory. Furthermore, we are
governing the Philippines, ss was said
by sir. Booaevelt la the Interest of the
TITE OMAITA
Philippine people themselves. Perhaps
all has not been done for the improve
ment of their condition that might have
been, but proKrws has been mode and
with pence and order established the ad
vance hereafter will be more rapid. The
wtirk accomplished has been at heavy
cost, but It has not been without com
pensating lHmcfits and there Is every
reaon to expect that these will be mu'-h
greater in the future. At all events. It
enn be very confidently asserted thai.
large majority of the American peop'e
do not approve the democratic proposi
tion in regard to the Philippines.
A XATIOSAL CXirEIttlTT.
The Idea of a nutlonal university at
the capital city of the country, which
has been long discussed and received the
favor of many prominent educators and
others, is said to hnve a prospect of bs
Ing in a manner realized, with Columbian
university at Washington as the nu
cleus. A movement was started, or
rather renewed, a couple of years ago lor
furthering the national university proVj
Ject and it nppeors that those who were
Identified with It hnve been giving some
attention to tho nintter since, with the
result that the plan promises to take
practical form.
While there are many educators who
are favorable to a national university
of the scope and character suggested by
the first president, with whom the idea
originated, there are others who doubt
whether such an institution would be
of great value, chiefly for the reason
that it might fall under political or sec
tarian Influence. There is certainly force
In this view, yet It does not seem alto
gether Impracticable to so organize a na
tional uuiverslty as to pretty effectually
safeguard it against such a danger. The
question ns to whether there is need of
Stlch an educational institution Is one
as to which opinions may differ.
The country la well supplied with
colleges and universities that nro
among the best In the world and are
steadily Improving. Still a distinctively
national university, conducted on sound
principles, might prov a highly valuable
addition to our sea's of learning and cer
tainly no friend of higher education will
oppose sucn an Institution. Surely there
could be no worthier memorial to the
"fnthe? of his country."
RAILROAD RATK MAKIKO.
A brief letter on transportation probt
lema written by Paul Morton before he
became secretary or the navy, but only
now published In the Outlook, to whose
editor it Is addressed, is taken by the
latter to emphasize Its demand that
somebody like the Interstate Commerce
commission ought to bo Invested with
Judicial power .to Investigate and de-1
termlne authoritatively what are fair
transportation rates. Whether Mr. Mor
ton's words can be construed Into an en
dorsement of the proposition for public
control of rate making Is somewhat ques
tionable. He says that It is true "to
my own mind Indisputable" that the
consumer pays the freight and that It Is
the great public that ought to be Inter
ested In the question rather presumably
than the shipper or railroad man alone,
but the nearest he came to committing
himself on the point of rate making Is
In this qualified declaration:
Possibly the country would be better oft
If the rate making power was In the hands
of tha Interstate Commerce commission;
but In view of the fact that rates In this
country average lowar by S3Vb par cent than
anywhere else In the world and In view of
the fact that tha railroad labor of tho
United States ta paid approximately 60 per
cant more than anywhere else in tha world,
ought we not felicitate ourselves on what
we have accomplished?
There Is no doubt that we ought to
felicitate ourselves on what we hnye ac
complished toward cheapening transpor
tation In this country, but nt the same
time we might with equal propriety keep
a few other things In view for example,
that the average length of haul on the
railroads of the United States Is greater
by far than anywhere else in. the world,
that the average load per car and aver
age load per train Is heavier, ytiat the
original cost of construction per mile is
smaller, that the percentage of accidents
end loss of life Is larger, that the capi
talisation on which profits are returned
and the valuation on which taxes are
paid are separated by a huge gap, that a
large part of the passenger traffic goes
free and some of the shippers get special
favors. In fact, while felicitating our
selves on the progress we have made, we
have a right to ask if we should not
have made still further progress, and
even Ignoring that question to ask
whether fhe time has not arrived to de
mand a rate revision by a rublic body
in the Interest of Justice to all concerned
rathe; than by paid employes of the
railroad owners bent only on getting all
the profits they can out of the property
without Impairing Its continued money
earning power. The rates are coming
more and more to be made by a central
officlnl for a great railway system and
he acts only In conjunction with like
ollUials for the other great systems. To
transfer this function or at least a re
vlslonary power upon complaint' to a
duly constituted public body would not
be a far step, but t wonld be a big step
in the forward direction toward further
progress.
Among the fads of twentieth century
Journalism is the dally reminder of
what happened 100 years ago, fifty
years ago, twenty-five years ago pnd
ten years ago today. Fortunately tho
cbrouologlcnl faddist does not go back
beyond 100 years. If he wonld only
give us a little forecast ofwlat would
happen 100 years, fifty years, twenty
live yeors, ten years or even ten days
from today there might be some benefit
to sweltering humanity.
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John A. lieuson, the California mil
lionaire who was under Indictment In
Washington churged with conspiracy to
defraud the United States by the acqui
sition of school lands In Oresrpn and
California by uienr.s of fictitious affida
vit and apr Mentions by fictitious per
sons, was discharged In the United
DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JULY
States (Hrcu't court because the "indict
ment did not ert forth facts tending to
show n conspiracy to commit any offense
against or defraud the United States.
If Mr. Renson had been Just an ordtnary
land rrabler Without money and with
out friends it Is exceedingly doubtful If
be wonld have gotten or? so easily as all
that
New that the federal grand Jury has
indicted Captain Schalck and the federal
inspector who lust passed on tho ill
fntetl Klorum, as well as dls immediate
predecessor, the public will ask. "What
about the company which permitted
such a state of affairs to exist?" No
matter what blame may or may not be
attached to the oflleern of the steamboat
or the inspectors, the responsibility for
the terrible catastrophe rests primarily
with the owners. It was their duty to
know In what condition the steamer
was and to take all precautions neces
sary to safeguard the pnlJIc.
Necessity is the mother of Invention,
and nature always provides a substitute
for all necessities. This is strikingly
illustrated at this Juncture when the
country Is threatened with t meat
famine. Robert Pickett of RIverton,
Conn., has a hen that laid an egg last
Tuesday which measured eight Inches
one way and seven Inches toe other way,
and weighed four pounds and one ounce.
The dimensions of the thrifty Connec
ticut fowl that came to tho rescue of
suffering humanity have not been di
vulged by our special correspondent.
Here is a chance for activity In the
state labor bureau. The Awionr pack
ing house at Lincoln was closed down
Friday and the fifty-two men who have
been thrown out of work may be In
duced to go to South Dakota ns harves
ter hands providing always the state
bureau caa supply thein with transpor
tation, and n guaranty of employment.
In the light of the fact that the pack
ing houee strike is In force In Kansas
City and St Joseph, where packers were
fined for violating the terms of the Mis
sour; anti-truai law, strikers may be
mistaken in asserting that enforcement
of the criminal clause of the federal anti
trust law would aid them In their con
test with the packers.
Several thousand Nebraska people
traveled from one to 800 miles to take a
chanc In th Rosebud land lottery. An
Illinois man, with his wife, traveled 300
miles to St. Lcute on a cultivator and
secured $1,000 as a prise for accomplish
ing the feat That man must have been
a sure thing gambler.
SelalBS an Opportunity.
Washington Star.
While the eyes of tha public or turned
on tha bei'f question tha coal barons will
not negleot to maka their usual arrange
ments for promoting winter prices.
Ahead of the Firing; Line.
New fork Tribune.
According to the editor of Nippon, Toklo,
Russia will yet be partitioned among tha
powers. The editor seems to be far ahead
of tha firing Una and alining at th biggest
target In sight.
The Vacation Habit.
Washington Post.
Russell Base Is not the only man who
doe not take a vacation. The editor of
the prison paper at Blng Sing admits that
he has not taken a Vacation for Hve years,
and says that hit engagement are such
that ha does not see how he can taks olte
for at least aeven mora years.
What a City May Da.
San Franclsoo Chronlol.
According to a recant Maryland deolilon,
a municipality which hoa etatutory au
thority to regulata tha use of Ita streets for
telephone wire possesses the right to Im
pose, as a condition to the ime of uch
street by a telephone oompany, the duty
to furnish ervlc at specified rates.
In the Magnate' Dictionary
Portland Oregonlan.
Mr. Jamas J. Hill thinks Roosevelt not
"safe." August Belmont think him not
"safe." Baer, tha eoal trust manager,
think him not "afe." But all the and
mora think Parker safe. And thy also
think Davl safe. Th word safe," In
their vocabulary, a applied to men, mean
those whom the trusts can trust. And In
their dictionary the leading synonym for
"dangerous" is Roosevelt.
PEllSONAL. POINTER.
Russia has loat on of Its most learned
astronomer in the death of Theodore
Bredlkhlne.
Bx-Empress Eugenie may be seen almost
any fine day taking long rides In a motor
car In Paris.
W. L. Douglas will donate to the town
of Brockton. Mas., a surgical building
fully equipped.
No explorer befoia Stanley found em
plorlng a lucrative vocation. He left
nearly 11,000,600,
Ooorg Frederick Watts, the Ungllsh ar
tist who died recently, rarely worked from
a living subject.
Undoubtedly the oldest living poet 1
Colun Wallace of Oughterard, Ireland. He
1 108 year of age.
The richest man in Greenland I a Mr.
Kor-ko-ya. He on a mall fleet of fish
ing boat and ha about 11.600 laid awa.
But In Greenland this 1 about th same
thing a being a millionaire in any other
part of the world.
1L H. Vreeland, preldent of the New
York Street Railway company, never ues
a free pa on his line, but Invariably pay
his far. Should an unlucky conductor
overlook him' on hi collecting tour, at
conductors frequently do with others In
the rush hour, he would probably hear
from the president' office the next day.
John Robert, a noted London billiard
player, now in this country, having nearly
circled the globe, say that In India and
China particularly the English gain 1
played. In Java he found the American,
Or French, gam mostly In voguo. English
tables are different from tho American
and the game differs from that played
her, being, he ay, mora olenUnc than
three-ball blllards.
Henry Merwln Bhra ly, who Is o model
th Grant memorial monument to ba set
up in Washington, la a son of Dr. Bhrady
of New York, who waa Oenornl Grant
physician dtirlrg hi list IllDo. Tourg
Bhrady, singularly enoivgh, never took a
le-toon In drawing, painting or modeling.
Still he has on hi merits succeeded In
several competition for th production of
heroin staties. In adJUIon to the on above
noted being a Orant monument for Brook
lyn and a statu of WUllim th Bllent
tor Riverside para. New York,
31, 1P04.
ri7AT IS HOST ArPALLTXat
An open letter addressed to the editor
of The Hce by C. 8. Hayward, a
member of the executive committee of
the Civic Federation. Iu Justification of
its receut appeal for financial aid, is
published In this Issue. Mr. Hnyward's
epistle Is so Interwoven with personal
reflections, that It should by right hnve
leen addressed to me. Iu that spirit I
propose to treat It and meet the Issue
he attempts to make, and answer the
questions he propounds frankly and
squarely.
At the outset Mr. Hayward disclaims
positively that "tho matter of politics,
or the carrying of the last primaries
was ever directly or indirectly consid
ered or discussed by the members of
the federation," but this positive denial
comes Into violent collision with the
closing words of his screed.
Mr. Hayward's allegation of strict
neutrality between the republican po
litical factions. Is also in conflict with
the fact that Mr. Hayward's name np
peared on the ballot of the Fontonelle
club with that of several other Civic
Federation leader's, whose activity In the
primaries afforded ample proof of the
utter Insincerity of the Civic Federa
tions' manifesto.
The aim and object of the Civic Fed
eration of Omahn is presumed to be the
purgation of municipal government of
venality and corruption, the stimulation
of Integrity In public office, the breaking
up of corrupt combinations nnd the ex
tlrpatlon of boodlers and grafters in thf
city hnll and court house. Every move
ment of this character, whether made
by Individuals or organizations, has al
ways had and always will have my ear
nest, sympathy nnd cheerful support.
Without boasting nnd without attempt
ing to make any odious comparisons 1
make bold to assert that I hnve de
Voted more time, expended more money,
made greater sacrifices, received moro
abuse and made more enemies. In fight
ing public thieves, embezzlers, boodlers,
grafters, political crooks and business
crooks, swindlers nnd lmposters, than
all the members of the Civic Federation
In Omaha combined. In the war waged
by me against venality, bribery nnd
corruption, public thievery and rascality
In and out of office, I have had precious
little help from the men who are now
Identified with the Civic Federation.
I need only cite three or four ex
amples. One of the most flagrant In
stances Is recalled by the proceedings
In bankruptcy begun last week In the
federal court by the attorneys of Cadet
Taylor, and a decision rendered In the
district court in connection with Tay
lor's accident Insurance policy. Taylor
came to Omaha with an unsavory repu
tation acquired as chief clerk of the
government printing bureau. In 1890 he
Inveigled a number of friends Into form
ing a bank for him to manage under
the name of the Globe Loan and Trust
company which later on evolved Itself
Into the -Globe Savings bank. As man
ager. Cadet Taylor originated a number
of Ingenious schemes of speculation and
exploitation for the pecuniary benefit of
himself. He secured permission from
the Board of Education to institute sav
ings banks In the public schools. In
June, 1890, the Globe Lonti and Trust
company went Into bankruptcy, with
large liabilities, Including $30,000 of poor
people's deposits nnd with practically no
assets. The bank wrecker had con
fideneed and swindled widows and or
phans and absorbed $12,8112 of state
school money. This was surely an ap
palling stnte of affairs, but The Bee was
alone In exposing and denouncing the
wrecker and swindler. When Cadet
Taylor had become an applicant for the
position of surveyor of customs, he was
endorsed as sn upright trustworthy man
by prominent officials, Judges of the
courts and business men affiliated with
the Fontanelle club. Tho only remon
strance against this scandalous appoint
ment was made by myself, but the ap
pointment was made notwithstanding,
because ft Was backed by a United
States senator. Why did not Mr. Hay
ward and the gentlemen of the execu
tive committee, who were nil citizens of
Omaha, then Join In the remonstrance?
Surely such an appointment was suf
ficiently odious to shock the sensibilities
of this community!
A few years ago, not twelve years ago,
however, Omaha was shocked by the
discovery that the city treasury had
been looted ond $115,000 of city funds
had been embezzled. It was also dis
covered that a good many men and
some women had been beneficiaries In
this embezzlement These people In the
eyes of the law were accessory to the
crime. Has anybody connected with the
Civic Federation called' for their prose
cution or offered to hire a lawyer to re
cover any part of the money from the
beneficiaries? When the' bondsmen of
the defaulter were called Into court tho
president of the Civic Federation was
one of the attorneys who endeavored to
beat the city out of Its claim, and to
bis admirable success In due the fact
that the city lost $85,000 'of the $115,000
embezzled. Of course ss a lawyer Mr.
Mahoney had a rlRht to accept this cape.
Here was an appalling condition of af
fairs which involved every taxpayer in
the city of Omaha, but It Is a matter
of notoriety that the brunt of the battle
for the city's rights devolved upon me
without the aid of any member of the
Civic Federation, prominent or not
prominent.
Eight years r.g the whole state was
shocked to learn that the state treas
orer bad embezzled over $XH),OC)0 of pub
lic moneys, of which about $200,000 were
school funds. The defaulter was tried
nnd convicted In this county and the
brunt of the battle to bring shout th
enforcement of the law again devolved
upon The Bee and myself, with
very little 1f any aid from anyliody con
nected with the Civic Federation. In
tluit memorable battle the president of
the Ctvle Federation wus one of the at
torneys for the defense, end a report
which has recently reached me credit
hlin with collevtiog about $3,000 of I. O
U.'a placed In his hands by the fcront
treasury emlefzler before be was sent
to the penitentiary. This money, It Is
reported, was duly collected and ap
propriated, although the amount Is nlout
$4.r( In excess of the attorney's fee
to which the collector was entitled. To
my in I ml, such n state of affnlrs Is much
more appulltnc than anything that has
hnpiwned In the Dennlswn case up to
date.
Mr. Hayward declares that the most
appalling. part and that which shocks
the sensibilities of our people nnt In
the Dennlson case was the leuiarUable
testimony of the policemen and the man
ner In which it was given. He further
more declares that I will mluilt that the
testimony of the police and former po
lice otllcers, who swore that Dennlson
was not In Iowa at tho time alleged,
that is, during th" two weeks following
the Tollock diamond robbery "was proven
absolutely false." Mt. Hayward evi
dently labors under the delusion that the
refusal of the district court tr grant the
petition for habeas corpus Is tantamount
to a declaration that the testimony In
support of the alibi 18 false, when. In
fact, the refusal of the court to grant
the writ was simply a declaration that
In Its Judgment the extradition papers
were regular nnd the testimony of ap
pellant not sufficient to convince tho
court beyond A donbt tlint Dennlson was
In Nebraska, during the period. I can
see nothing shocking in the conduct of
police officers or ex-pollce ofllcers who
responded to citation by subpoena in
this case Jnst as thy would In ouy other
criminal case.
They may have shown undue par
tiality toward Dennlson. This may be
reprehensible, but Is not appalling. I have
known several people who never wore a
star. In fact, several people who have
held high official positions mid some who
hold high social positions to contradict
themselves, nnd be contradicted on tho
witness stand nnd exhibit partiality In
enses involving such a trivial offense ns
the embezzlement of $000,000 of Ne
braska state funds, or $110,000 of the
city funds.
According to Mr. Hayward, one of the
most appalling things thut has hap
pened In Omaha was the presence of
the mayor in the court room at the trial
of a professional gambler wanted In an
other state to answer to a serious charge,
and the mayor's "sitting beside him
throughout the session of the court of
fering him words of comfort and cheer."
Now, although I was not aware of this
incident until my attention was called
to It by 'Mr. Hayward, I are willing
to admit that it was decidedly Improper
und prejudicial td the dlgulty of the po
sition of the mayor, and bis relation as
executive officer of the city toward ttie
enforcement of law, but after all tne In
cident can scarcely be classed as "ap
palling" or calling for a contribution of
funds to restore good government.
Mr. Hayward's assertion that when
the chief of police associates with pro
fessional gamblers and has such a dim
conception of his duty that be persists
in going Into print to defend a man In
dicted In a foreign state for a heinous
crime, the conditions are appalling. This
Is a condition which may or may not
exist Chiefs of police In all large cities
frequently mingle with gamblers in or
der to net valuable information regard
ing the movements and operations of
the criminal classes that are under po
lice surveillance. In this respect they
do not differ from reporters of the press
who get a great deal of Information from
gamblers that enables them to trace and
run down mysterious crimes and crimi
nals In hiding. So fnr as I know Chief
Donahue has never defended or sought
to shield Dennlson in print.
Association with gamblers is, however,
one thing, but collusion Is another. If
the Civic Federation has proofs that the
chief of police tins been In collusion with
gamblers and has been a beneficiary of
their illegal vocation, then it should
hove lodged those proofs with the po
lice commission or the criminal courts.
Mr. Hayward seems to have been
nwfully shocked that one of the parties
iu the Fay diamond episode was an
officer In a court of Justice, that is, he
was a bailiff in one of our district courts,
but Mr. Hayward was not shocked ond
saw nothing nppalllng when another for
mer court bailiff was alleged to have
been associated with the parties who
paid $150 for the vote of a delegate
elected at lust spring's primaries. That
breach of the law being In the Interests
of "reform," the shock was not quite so"
severe. Let It be understood that I do
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mi i i n rit'ii ni dim iri rtirt iti -niiintiit
the current belief that none of the mem
bers of the Civic Federation who ap
peared U-foi-p the late grand Jury could
produce testimony in support of tho
clmrges embodied In their first mani
festo. He declares that be personally
appeared liefoie the grand Jury nnd
presented specific cases for Investigation
and for the convenience of the grand
Jury left a written memorandum of the
same, giving nt least two witnesses la
each case. This does not necessarily
prove that the graud Jury has been dere
lict In Its duty. In all probability they
did Investigate the reports of violations
of the law, and they probably examined
the witnesses whose names Mr. Hay
ward had submitted, but people very
often talk one way on the street and
another way before a grand Jury. The
chances are that the grand Jury failed
to find sufficient Information after a full
hearing to Justify it in presenting In
dict incuts.
If. however, Mr. nnyward and his
associates in tho Civic Federation be
lieve they have sufficient proof that
crimes have been committed in this Juv
dlcinl district It Is their duty to fjle
complaints with the prosecuting attor
ney who Is vouched for as honest and
capable by their presldeut T. J.
Mahoney. and If he refuses to act they
still have the further privilege of filing;
these complaints with tho county Judge,
who would lie obliged to entertain them.
In conclusion, Mr. Hayward launches
a poser at me with this question! "What
Interest hnve you In trying to frustrate
the efforts of those who are honestly
trying to bring about a better condition
of affnlrs In Omaha? One day yon say
the federation is getting Its money from
Molse, and the hext day yon complain
because financial nld is asked from tho
public."
I am not trying to frustrate the effort!
of nny man or set of men who are hon
estly engaged In any movement to bring
about a better stute of affairs In Omaha,
but I detest shams and frauds In poll
tics, in charity, in reform and In anti
vice cnisudes. I have no patience with
people who will only see tine side of a
black pot. and refuse to see the other.
The latter day vice crusaders seem to
have only one object in view. They
know as well as I do that the war on
Dennlson originated with Molse, a demo
cratic boodlemnn and former denier In
rviMna Tinitont Inn Ttiov hum mnila n
great ndo about the prosecution of the
Diamond pool room by Dunn, although
It Is ffn open secret that Dunn was
employed by Molse merely to knock out
Dennlson. This same man, Dunn, whom
they havn lauded to the skies, filed
complaints with the police commission
Inst, winter against 133 saloon keepers
for violating the Slocum law, but with
drew them ail as soon as Molse secured
four licenses that had been protested
because his saloons had violated the law.
Tho coalition between Molse and the
nntl-vice crusaders Is the most amazing
thing. It Is a matter, of common no
toriety that Molse was last winter
charged by the United States revenue
officials with crooked whisky rectifying,
and while his case Is still pending In the
federal court the deputy United States
attorney appeared before the police Com
mission as the paid attorney for Molse,
and that Individual has the backing of
the highest federal official In the state.
Here is an appalling condition of af
fairs that ought to shock Mr. Hayward
and everybody else that knows the dif
ference between honest and dishonest
geT eminent. It is Just because of such
performances that I hnve become dis
gusted with the Civic Federation cru
sade, and do not feel like encouraging it
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